New York | Author Salman Rushdie was taken off a ventilator and able to talk on Saturday (Sunday AEST), a day after he was repeatedly stabbed as he prepared to give a lecture in upstate New York.
Rushdie remained hospitalised with serious injuries, but fellow author Aatish Taseer tweeted in the evening that he was “off the ventilator and talking (and joking)”. Rushdie’s agent, Andrew Wylie, confirmed that information without offering further details.
